Band 8a CEN & PCLS Psychologist - Swindon

NHS; Swindon; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service provider in Swindon is looking for a Band 8a Psychologist to enhance the Primary Care Complex Emotional Needs Service. The ideal candidate will lead a team in delivering high-quality psychotherapy and play a vital role in developing trauma-informed care, requiring HPCP and BABCP accreditation. This position offers a chance to impact the lives of individuals facing emotional challenges in a progressive and inclusive environment.

Qualifications

• HPCP accredited clinical/counselling psychologist.
• BABCP Accredited Therapist.
• Experience with trauma-focused interventions (TF-CBT).

Responsibilities

• Deliver highly specialist psychological therapy and assessment.
• Supervise other therapists and lead the team in interventions.
• Contribute to policy and service development within the emotional needs pathway.

Skills

Trauma-focused interventions

Clinical supervision

Person-centred interventions

CBT / DBT

Training delivery

Research & Development

Education

HPCP accredited clinical/counselling psychologist

BABCP Accredited Therapist

Leadership experience/training

Job description

Band 8a CEN & PCLS Psychologist - Swindon

The Primary Care Complex Emotional Needs Service is a brief psychological service aimed at improving the lives of people who may struggle with emotional and relational difficulties associated with a diagnosis of personality disorder.

With additional investment we are now expanding our service to individuals with Complex PTSD (cPTSD), bridging the gap between primary care and secondary mental health services.

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic psychologist to provide clinical leadership within our primary care complex emotional needs service covering the Swindon locality. Alongside the role with the primary care CEN service (3 days per week), we have also created a new role aligned with the Primary Care Liaison Service in Swindon (PCLS- 2 days per week) The post holder will provide assessment, formulation and brief psychological interventions for service users with a range of presenting difficulties. For this part of the role, you will work closely with colleagues within the Swindon Psychological Therapies Service.

Main duties of the job

In this pivotal role you will deliver high quality psychological therapy to clients while also leading, a team of therapists and MHWP's. You will ensure the delivery of evidence-based person-centred interventions whilst helping to shape and develop the service to meet the evolving needs of the primary care population.

As the PCLS psychologist, you will work closely with the other members of the MDT to ensure that service users receive a high quality assessment and intervention/ onward signposting. Swindon PCLS already includes a trainee Clinical Associate Psychologist (CAP) and have had a long term aspiration to widen and develop their psychological offer.

About us

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust): a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.

We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

Job responsibilities

• To provide highly specialist assessment and therapy (CBT / DBT informed) to patients and carers as appropriate to the service.
• To provide highly specialist advice and consultation on clients care and management in relation to the service.
• To clinically supervise other therapists and other professionals in the team in addition to taking on line management responsibilities for some.
• To contribute to audit, research, policy and service development within the complex emotional needs pathway.
• To develop and deliver training in complex emotional needs and trauma informed care for multidisciplinary staff.
• Contribute to continued service development and audit
• Participate in CPD and other developmental activities

As the PCLS psychologist, you will work closely with the other members of the MDT to ensure that service users receive a high quality assessment and intervention/ onward signposting. Swindon PCLS already includes a trainee Clinical Associate Psychologist (CAP) and have had a long term aspiration to widen and develop their psychological offer.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• HPCP accredited clinical/counselling psychologist
• BABCP Accredited Therapist
• Leadership experience / training

Experience

• Experience of delivering trauma focused interventions i.e. TF-CBT
• Experience of working within Access / Primary Care Mental Health Services
• Experience of working in to an MDT
• EMDR Trained
• MBT/DBT Trained
• Experience of providing brief interventions

Experience

• Experience of delivering clinical supervision
• Experience of delivering line management supervision

Experience

• Experience of delivering training
• Experience of designing training
• Relevant R&D or clinical audit work post qualification

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.